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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Europe crisis plans at risk after Greek vote call (AP)

Europe crisis plans at risk after Greek vote call (AP)

Europe crisis plans at risk after Greek vote call (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 12:05 PM PDT

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou addresses Socialist members of parliament in Athens, Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. Papandreou says his country will hold a referendum on a new European debt deal reached last week. Papandreou gave no date on other details of a proposed referendum on the deal that aims to seek 50 percent losses for private holders of Greek bonds and provide the troubled eurozone member with euro 100 billion ($140 billion) in additional rescue loans. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - Europe's days-old plan to solve its crippling debt crisis and restore faith in the global economy has been thrown into chaos by the Greek prime minister's stunning decision to call a referendum on the country's latest rescue package.

Bank of America nixes $5 debit card fee (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 11:35 AM PDT

This photo taken Oct. 14, 2011, shows a customer at a Bank of America ATM in Hialeah, Fla. Bank of America Corp. is scrapping its plans to charge a $5 monthly debit card fee. The bank's decision to drop the fee came after a roar of customer outrage in recent weeks over the fee. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP - Bank of America Corp. is scrapping its plan to charge a $5 monthly fee for making debit card purchases after an uproar and threatened exodus by customers.

Students show growth in math on national test (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 08:40 AM PDT

AP - New test scores show the nation's fourth- and eighth-graders are doing the best ever in math, but schools still have a long way to go to get everyone on grade level. In reading, eighth-graders showed some progress.

Cain defends himself, says he never changed story (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 08:56 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, Herman Cain wipes his forehead before answering questions at the National Press Club in Washington, Monday, Oct., 31, 2011. Denying he sexually harassed anyone, Cain said Monday he was falsely accused in the 1990s while he was head of the National Restaurant Association, and he branded revelation of the allegations a 'witch hunt.'. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Presidential candidate Herman Cain said Tuesday that he never changed his story about sexual harassment allegations against him in the 1990s while he was the head of the National Restaurant Association, despite giving a series of conflicting statements in the two days since the accusations were disclosed.

Syria plants land mines on Lebanese border (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 10:50 AM PDT

A Syrian army defector speaks to The Associated Press in the Lebanese border town of Arida on Monday Oct. 31, 2011. Syrian official and witnesses say Damascus is planting landmines along parts of the border with Lebanon. A Syrian official familiar with government strategy said the mines are meant to prevent arms smuggling across the border. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)AP - Syria has planted land mines along parts of its border with Lebanon, further sealing itself off from the world and showing just how deeply shaken Bashar Assad's regime has become since an uprising began nearly eight months ago.

Change in crack sentencing means early releases (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 09:25 AM PDT

AP - Darryl Flood thought he would have to wait until 2013 to get out of prison, more than a decade after he pleaded guilty to being part of a conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine.

Study: ADHD drugs don't raise heart risks for kids (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 07:34 AM PDT

AP - Ritalin and similar medicines that millions of children and teens take to curb hyperactivity and boost attention do not raise their risk of serious heart problems, the largest safety study of these drugs concludes.

Testimony ends in Michael Jackson doctor trial (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 12:23 PM PDT

Defense Attorney J. Michael Flanagan, back, and Dr. Conrad Murray listen during cross-examination of Dr. Paul White (not pictured) in the final stage of Murray's defense during his involuntary manslaughter trial in the death of singer Michael Jackson at the Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 in Los Angeles. Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical licenses if convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, pool)AP - Michael Jackson's doctor told a judge Tuesday that he would not testify in his own defense, as testimony came to a close in the involuntary manslaughter trial.

APNewsbreak: Future holds more extreme weather (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 12:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2011 file photo, a buoy sits high and dry at Benbrook Lake in Benbrook, Texas. Freakish weather, from this weekends October snowstorm to the long-lasting drought in the US Southwest, is striking more often. And global warming should make future weather even weirder, a special international report says. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)AP - For a world already weary of weather catastrophes, the latest warning from top climate scientists paints a grim future: More floods, more heat waves, more droughts and greater costs to deal with them.

Family: Hillary Clinton's mother dies at 92 (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 11:27 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 1, 2008 file photo, Dorothy Rodham, the mother of Hillary Rodham Clinton applauds in Brownsburg, Ind. According to the Clinton family: Dorothy Rodham, Hillary Rodham Clinton's mother, has died at 92, (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)AP - Dorothy Rodham, mother of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton's mother-in-law, died Tuesday at age 92 after an illness.

Greece risks meltdown after bailout vote bombshell (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 11:52 AM PDT

Greek Prime minister George Papandreou delivers a speech to Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) parliamentary group at the parliament in Athens October 31, 2011. REUTERS/John KolesidisReuters - The Greek government faced possible collapse on Tuesday as ruling party lawmakers demanded Prime Minister George Papandreou resign for throwing the nation's euro membership into jeopardy with a shock call for a referendum.

Wall Street slides on Greek referendum call (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 12:00 PM PDT

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange October 28, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Stocks tumbled 2 percent on Tuesday after a surprise proposal that Greeks should vote on a EU bailout plan threatened to upend weeks of painstaking negotiations and unleash the region's sovereign debt crisis with renewed force.

MF Global accounts shock leaves clients scrambling (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 11:45 AM PDT

Reuters - Bankrupt brokerage MF Global Holding Ltd failed to protect customer accounts by keeping them separate from its own funds, a top U.S. exchange regulator said on Tuesday.

Plane carrying 230 makes emergency landing in Warsaw (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 09:16 AM PDT

Reuters - No one was hurt when a Boeing 767 flying from New York with some 230 people on board made an emergency landing at Warsaw's airport on Tuesday after trouble with landing gear.

Arab league awaits Syria's response: official (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 11:26 AM PDT

Demonstrators protesting against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad march through the streets in Homs October 30, 2011. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - The Arab League was still waiting for Syria's response to its proposal on ways to end seven months of unrest, the organization's deputy secretary-general Ahmed Ben Helli told al Arabiya television on Tuesday.

INSIGHT-Isolated Papandreou acts alone in referendum gamble (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 12:23 PM PDT

Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou arrives for a cabinet meeting inside the parliament in Athens November 1, 2011. REUTERS/Yiorgos KarahalisReuters - Through grueling euro-summits, he has looked glum, wistful, even isolated; but no-one would have guessed Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou was weighing the announcement that sent shockwaves through Europe on Tuesday.

Bank of America drops $5 debit card fee plan (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 11:28 AM PDT

Reuters - Bank of America Corp scrapped plans to charge a $5 per-month debit fee, handing a victory to consumers and protesters angry with big banks.

Fed to pause, sow seeds for more easing (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 10:24 AM PDT

Reuters - The Federal Reserve could begin to prepare financial markets for further monetary easing at the conclusion of a two-day meeting that began on Tuesday, even if it refrains from any new stimulus just yet.

After the snowstorm: Power outages mean no heat, no trick-or-treating (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - If this past Saturday’s snowstorm illustrates anything, it is the relatively fragile nature of the electric power grid and America’s reliance on it.

Herman Cain: To sexual harassment allegations, add financial ones (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 04:16 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Herman Cain should know that his presidential campaign is in trouble when one brewing scandal is stealing attention from another one.
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